Sonita

Nov 20, 2015

1h 31m

★ 6.9

Overview

If 18-year-old Sonita had a say, Michael Jackson and Rihanna would be her parents and she'd be a rapper who tells the story of Afghan women and their fate as child brides. She finds out that her family plans to sell her to an unknown husband for $9,000.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

NDR

Real Fiction

Septième Factory

United People

NHK BS1

Women Make Movies

YLE

good movies!

TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion

Intermezzo Films

Sonita Trailers

Cast

Herself

Sonita Alizadeh

Himself, construction worker

Ahmad Ahmadi

Herself, Sonita's sister

Latifah Alizadeh

Herself, Sonita Alizadeh's niece

Fadia Alizadeh

Herself

Arefe

Herself

Farzaneh Davoodi

Herself

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Himself

Roham Maher

Herself, executive director, Strongheart Group

Cori Shepherd Stern

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